Sanitary fountain.



C. C. STAPEL. SANITARY FOUNTAIN.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 4, 1913.

Patented May 23, 1916.

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WITNESSES.

CHARLES C. STAPEL, OF AVALON, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGN OR OF ONE-HALF TO JESSE L. COLEMAN, IITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.

SANITARY FOUNTAIN.

Application filed April 4, 1913.

To all whom it may concern ,Be it known that I, CHARLES C. ISTAPEL, acitizenof the United States, and resident of Avalon, in the county ofAllegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Sanitary Fountains; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to a sanitary drinking fountain and the objectthereof is to provide a device of this character in which the nozzle ormouth piece when not in use will stand in a depending or invertedposition, so that the surface and orifice thereof will not collect dustor dirt, as is the case with fountains of this character in which themouth piece normally stands in upright or upwardly extending position.

A further. object is to provide means whereby the turning on of thewater simultaneously turns the mouth piece. into' upright or drinkingposition.

A further object is to provide means whereby when the handle of the cockis released the nozzle or mouth piece will be automatically returned toinverted position.

Other objects and advantages of the in.- vention will appear from thefollowing description of a preferred embodiment of the invention, whichis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 .is aplan view of the fountain, parts being in section for clearillustration; Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 Fig. 1; Fig. 3is a sectional view of a detail on line 33 Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 is an endview of the leader and the nozzle or mouth piece looking from the leftFig. 1.

In the embodiment of my invention here,- in selected for illustration, 1indicates the catch basin of the fountain having the drain opening 2preferably protected by a strainer 3. In this preferred form, a back orwall plate 4 is provided within which the standard 5 of the fountainproper is mounted. This standard includes the base or wall plate 6, thecolumn or standard 7 having branching arms 8 and 9. The standard 7 isprovided with the water passage 10 which is extended at 11 through thehollow arm 9 of the bracket. The outer ends of the bracket arms 8 and 9form bearings for the hollow stem or leader 12 which conducts the waterSpecification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 23, 1916.

Serial No. 758,917.

to the nozzle or mouth piece 13. This leader 12 has a reduced stem 13 towhich a handle 14 may be secured. At the right end, as viewed in Fig. 1the leader is provided with a stop shoulder 14 against which a spring15- within the bearing cavity 16 of the bracket arm 8 is housed, a nut17 confining the spring within said cavity. On the end of the leaderopposite the shoulder 14 is a cam face 18' adapted to be engaged by acorresponding cam face 19 of a nut 20 screwed into the outer end of thebearing cavity 16'. The opposite bracket arm 9 is provided'with a valveseat 21 just within which is a bearing piece or spider 22 formingasupport for the valve stem 23 of the valve 24. Projecting from theopposite side of the valve is a second stem 25 which is supported by across piece or strut 26 of a nut 27 secured into the bearing member ofthe hollow bracket arm 9. The end of the leader 12 adjacent'the valve isprovided with a cross piece 28 as shown in Fig. 4 which forms a bearingfor the valve stem 23 and a spring 29 is interposed between the outerface of the valve and the nut 27. In Fig. 3 it will be seen that thespaces 30 on either side of the valve stem supporting piece 22 willallow passage of the water to the leader 12 and the spaces 31 on eitherside of the cross piece 28 of the leader will permit entrance of thewater to the leader and to the nozzle or mouth piece 13.

Upon turning the leader 12 by means of the handle 14 the cam faces 18and 19 respectively will cause the leader to move to the left as viewedin Fig. 1, thus unseating the valve from its valve seat 21 andsimultaneously turning the nozzle or mouth piece up to upright ordrinking position, said mouth piece being normally and preferably in apendant position at an angle of about 45 as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2.The pressure ofthe spring 15, aided by the pressure of the water againstthe opposite end of provided with a lateral outlet 32 extending backtoward base and the face of the nozzle at the face provided with agroove 33, thus permitting the water to escape through this port 32 whenthe vent is partially closed and by means of the groove 33 preventingany possibility of the complete closing of the outlet by the finger ofthe user. Therefore should the vent be partially closed the pres sure ofthe water would be relieved by this lateral port.

While I have herein described particular embodiments of my invention, itis to be understood that the same may be altered in details andarrangements of parts within the scope of the appended claims.

vWhat I claim is:

x1. Infa sanitary drinking fountain, the

combination with a water supp ly,'of a foun tain mechanism connectedtherewith, comprising a hollow valve stem, bearing arms supporting saidstem at either end, one of said arms forming a connection with the watersupply, a nozzle normally extending downward from said stem between saidbearing arms, a valve in said supply arm, a- -handle at one end of saidstem, a means wherebywhen said stem is turned to bring said nozzle toupright position, the valve to upright position and simultaneously toconnect said nozzle with the water supply.

i 3. In a sanitary drinking fountain, the

combination with a water supply, a fountain mechanism connectedtherewith, comprising a pair of supporting arms, a valve stem supportedat either end within said arms respectively, a nozzle connected withsaid stem intermediate of said arms, and means constructed and arrangedto connect said nozzle 7 with the water supply, and to turn the nozzleto upright operative position upon rotating said stem. v

In testimony whereof, I the said CHARLES C. STAPELhaVe hereunto 'set myhand. I

, CHARLES C. STAPEL. Witnesses: I v I i A ALVAR C. PURDY, ROBERT C.TOTTEN.

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